Title(s)

Twee reliëfs van sarcofagen, voorstellend Castor en Pollux en Mars, Rhea Silvia, Diana en Endymion
Castor and Pollux the daughters of Lysippus Mars and Rhea, Diana and Endymion (title on object)

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-164-31

Artist

• maker: anonymous

Dating

c. 1867 - in or before 1877

Material

• paper

Technique

photoaquatint

Measurements

height 143 mm × width 220 mm

What

• decorating 'en relief', appliquéing
• sarcophagus
• (story of) the Dioscuri: Castor (the horse-tamer) and Pollux (the boxer)
• Mars woos Rhea Silvia, who may be seen sleeping on the Tiber bank, with a water-jug beside her
• Diana (Luna) visiting the sleeping Endymion

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Tombs in and near Rome sculpture among the Greeks and Romans, mythology in funereal sculpture, and early Christian sculpture (RP-F-2001-7-164)